Why does it matter if personal care products contain synthetic ingredients or not?
Frequently used products such as shampoos, lotions, and soaps contain chemicals that have been linked to serious health conditions such as cancer and birth defects. Why? Because major loopholes in the federal law allow the $35 billion cosmetic industry to use unregulated and unlimited amounts of synthetic chemicals into personal care products. Some of these chemicals have not been assessed or monitored by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel or the Federal Government. These harmful ingredients are used as preservatives, fixatives, colorants, emulsifiers, etc. The amounts of artificial chemicals in any one product alone is unlikely to cause harm. However, after repeated exposure to these synthetics from many different sources on a daily basis creates an accumulative affect on our bodies. Our skin absorbs chemicals easily. In fact, we absorb more chemicals through our skin than through the food we eat. It makes sense that we should give the same attention to selecting body care products
